LOOK INSIDE Emeritus President to address Cal U graduates Dr. John Pierce Watkins, fifth President of California University of Pennsylvania, will deliver Commencement address at ceremonies Dec. 12 and 13.
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CAL U DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRESENTS
Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical
The Big Day December Commencement is finally here. Degrees will be conferred to more than 1,200 students on Dec. 12 and 13. Pg. 2
Going International at Cal U The Office of International Programming is focusing on opening doors right here at Cal U. Pg. 3
What Is News Anymore? We know every move every celebrity makes, but do we really need to? Celebrity spotlight has gotten out of control. Pg. 12
Freshman Earns PSAC Honors Check out what men’s basketball player is in the conference spotlight. Pg. 13
Stephen Reedy (Uniontown, Pa.), Katey Sheehan (Belle Vernon, Pa.) and Ryan Johnson (Aliquippa, Pa.) rehearse a scene for “Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical.” This marks the second consecutive year Cal U will perform the holiday classic. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Dec. 4-6 in Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre, with matinees at 2 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7. All performances are open to the public. Cal U’s performance incorporates University students and community talent. Based on the 20th Century-Fox Pictures production, its book, music and lyrics are all by Meredith Willson.
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Dr. John Pierce Watkins to address Class of 2014 December graduates FROM CAL U PUBLIC RELATIONS
Two California University of Pennsylvania presidents, both Cal U alumni, will share the stage Dec. 12 and 13 at the University’s 179th Commencement. Interim University President Geraldine M. Jones ‘72, ‘80 will confer degrees at Winter Commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students. Emeritus President Dr. John Pierce Watkins ‘53, California’s top administrator from 1977-1992, will address the graduates at both ceremonies. More than 575 undergraduates and 700 graduate students will receive their degrees, although not all will accept them in person. Graduates’ families and friends are welcome to attend. The School of Graduate Studies and Research will award master’s degrees at 7 p.m. Dec. 12. Candidates will be vested in their academic hoods during the ceremony. Undergraduates in the College of Education and Human Services, the College of Liberal Arts and the Eberly College of Science and Technology will receive their diplomas at 10 a.m. on Dec. 13. Winter Commencement recognizes students who completed their studies in August and December. Both ceremonies will be held in the Cal U Convocation Center, where the doors open at 5 p.m. Dec. 12 and at 8 a.m. Dec. 13. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Emeritus President Watkins first joined the English Department faculty at his alma mater, then known as California State College, in 1957. He served as chairman of the department from 1966-1973, when he was appointed vice president for Academic Affairs, a position he held until 1976. In that year he was named acting president, and on Aug. 24, 1977, he officially became California’s fifth president. After he retired from that post in 1922, the University’s Council of Trustees bestowed the title of emeritus president and named a newly renovated classroom building, the Watkins Center, in his honor. During his tenure as president, Watkins es-
tablished the University’s special mission in science and technology; led Cal U as it moved from “college” to “university” status; created a number of academic programs and student service departments; and built an international student exchange base. In 1982 Watkins founded the ongoing Mon Valley Renaissance program, a joint economic development effort for southwestern Pennsylvania that involved the University, major corporation, foundations and agencies of state and federal government. During his career Watkins served as state chairman of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, from 1970-1973; president of the Commission for Presidents of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education; president of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities; and co-chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Committee on International Programs. In 1982 Pennsylvania’s governor appointed him to the Special Advisory Committee to implement the Pennsylvania Master Plan for Higher Education, and in 1983 he was appointed to the Special Transition Team for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, which directed the shift in jurisdiction and oversight responsibility for the commonwealth’s stateowned universities under Act 188. After he retired from California University, Watkins was appointed interim president of Shepherd University, in West Virginia, from 1995-1996. Watkins earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from California in 1953, a Master of Arts in English from West Virginia University in 1955, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh in 1964. He was a Danforth Scholar during his time at Pitt. He is married to Carole R. Watkins. The couple has two children, John G. and Jennifer, and three grandchildren.
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Interim University President Geraldine M. Jones (front row, center) and leaders from over a dozen universities from around the world gather for a photo during the “Building Bridges Through Education” event, held in the Cal U Convocation Center on Nov. 20.
University leaders from around the world gather at Cal U
‘Building Bridges Through Education’ explores enhanced opportunities for exchange programs
BY TAYLOR BROWN AND JOSH HERMAN
California University of Pennsylvania welcomed leaders from over a dozen international schools to the south wing of the Convocation Center on Thursday, Nov. 20 to discuss collaborative educational opportunities. The event was cosponsored by the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh in collaboration with the International Studies program. The event was a part of a daylong series of activities organized by the Office of International Programming. The focus of these activities was to promote a multicultural initiative at the university that would create opportunities for students to study abroad, facilitate student and faculty
exchanges, and create opportunities for internships and cultural collaboration. After the guests were introduced, interim university president Geraldine M. Jones commented on how the theme of the event, “Building Bridges through Education” was fitting because of Cal U’s proximity to Pittsburgh, otherwise known as the City of Bridges. “While we certainly need to expand our international connections, we are pleased to have international students and faculty already living and learning on our campus,’ Jones said. “We have a memoranda of understanding with nearly 20 institutions including many of those who are represented here today.”
The first guest to speak at the conference was Serif Ali Tekelan, who is the rector of Faith University in Istanbul, Turkey. According to Tekelan, in his experiences, students and faculty are constantly learning from the education system as well as from each other. Keynote speaker Recai Pecen, the president of North American University, located in Houston, Texas, and winner of both the 2010 Diversity Matters Award and the 2011 Care Sustainability Award, spoke about the importance of the Hizmet Movement, an initiative aimed at unifying the protocols and practices of universities worldwide.
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According to Paul Johnson, a professor at Texas Tech University, the Hizmet movement is a social movement in which participants are dedicated to the advancement of scientific and moral education, plus intercultural and interfaith dialogue. One of the main goals of the movement is to increase everyone’s understanding of other cultures and create a mutual respect and tolerance between people of different backgrounds. The movement is lead by Fethalluah Gulen and, according to Pecen, is comprised of over 1,500 schools spanning the globe. Areas with universities involved in the movement include Turkey, the Kyrgyz Republic, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Argentina, and Cambodia. The schools teach English and have a substantial focus on international and interfaith relations. Unsurprisingly, Pecen acknowledged that in Islamic countries in the Middle East, a movement promoting tolerance and understanding hasn’t always been well received. Pecen relayed how members of the Taliban destroyed things in the school because they were upset that students were using computers, that boys and girls were being taught in the same classrooms, and that the students were being taught the English language. “According to one teacher I know from a school in Afghanistan, the Taliban came and busted things,” Pecen said. President Jones and her contemporaries expressed the belief it is possible for students in this day and age to learn about different cultures, citing the technological innovations of the internet that allow students to easily communicate with students from other nations. According to the university, Cal U hopes to continue to create mutually beneficial relationships with institutions from overseas. According to Christine Kindl, director of communications and public relations at the university, these relationships can help Cal U students by opening the door to international travel through study abroad programs and international internships. According to Kindl, creating opportunities for Cal U students to go out and see the world is only one of the many benefits of becoming more actively involved in an international community. Even for students who don’t have the means or the interest to travel abroad, attending a university that has developed a strong international presence is still beneficial. According to Kindl, anytime Cal U brings international students to the university, it creates a more diverse student body and, as a result, affords students the opportunity to learn about
Sharing a laugh during a discussion about collaborative educational opportunities are (from left) Dr. Yunus Bekdemir, rector (president) of Canik Basari University in Samsun, Turkey; Professor Recai Pecen, rector of North American University in Houston, Texas; Dr. Serif Ali Tekelan, rector of Fatih University in Istanbul, Turkey; and interim President Geraldine M. Jones of California University of Pennsylvania.
different cultures in and out of the classroom. “We provide opportunities for students right here to meet folks from other cultures, form other parts of the world who have different perspectives, different experiences, and who can share those perspective and experiences with our students,” Kindl said. “There is real value in having diversity on a college campus.” Having students from other countries that are eager to come and learn in the United States also gives Cal U the opportunity to accomplish one of their main goals, which is to boost enrollment. Cal U students that are interested in getting involved with any aspect of the international studies program, whether it be studying abroad, internships abroad, or simply becoming involved in international on-campus activities are encouraged to reach out to the international studies program, which is located in Noss Hall. There is also an International Students Club on campus that is open to students from any major who are interested
in international connections and experiences. This club meets every other Tuesday on the ground floor of Carter Hall in the Multi-purpose room. According to Jones, everyone at Cal U benefits from a more diverse campus. “Not every student here at the university will have the opportunity to study abroad,” Jones said. “But with the expansion of our international program, when international students come here, their culture comes here.”
“Academic institutions have a responsibility to prepare students for this progressively borderless environment, ” Jones said. “And our campus becomes a richer cultural and intellectual environment when it includes people of varying backgrounds and differing points of view.”
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Greek organizations rooted in tradition, good character A closer look at the different aspects of Cal U Greek life
BY LAUREN GRIFFITH, ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
mental health While participation in Greek organizations on California counseling , also University of Pennsylvania’s attended Cal U for campus has been consistently his undergraduate on the rise over the last few degree. years, many students still are “All my life I was not aware of the different around Kappas and councils that fall under the title it was unbeknownst of Greek organizations. to me. I’ll never Some of the councils on forget the first time Cal U’s campus include the I told my mom ‘Hey, National Pan-Hellenic Council there’s Greek life at (NPHC), Inter-Fraternity my school I think I Council (IFC), and the National want to be a Kappa.’ Panhellenic Conference (NPC). She said ‘I knew it.’ These councils consist of social, “I’ve always been business, honor, and service enamored by the fraternities and sororities. way they [Kappas] Joy Helsel is the director of carry themselves-fraternity and sorority life at just everything Cal U, and oversees the three about them. They are councils. about their business, While hundreds of students their success, they are in both the NPC and the are about being at IFC, far less students are in the the top of whatever NPHC or involved in historically Kappa Alpha Psi brothers Shawn McCoy, JaQuan Cornish, and Rodney Edfield there is and, black Greek organizations. wards are joined by Delta Zeta sister Coby Detar. They represent the difwho doesn’t want Members from one sorority ferent councils of Cal U’s Greek life. that? Who doesn’t PHOTO CREDIT: LAUREN GRIFFITH and four fraternities at Cal U want to be at the actively represent the NPHC. top,” said McCoy. The organizations include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Zeta Eta chapter, as well as nine other undergraduate Kappa Alpha Psi’s philanthropies include Saint Jude’s Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, and Phi members, which includes JaQuan Cornish, who was Hospital, where they have a wing named after the Beta Sigma. These five Greek organizations are a part announced Homecoming King for 2014. fraternity; Piney Wood Schools; and the American of the “Divine Nine,” or the nine historically black Greek Shawn McCoy and Rodney Edwards are the two Heart Association. fraternities and sororities. While pressure to go Greek often comes from a family graduate students. After graduating and before The NPHC has the same guidelines for new members returning to further their education, a fraternity member who pledged a Greek organization, this is not as the IFC and the NPC. Members must maintain member can choose to join a nearby alumni chapter the case for McCoy, or Edwards, a grad student in the a 2.5 grade point average and take at least 12 or remain a part of the chapter on campus. Alumni MBA program. Edwards became a member of Kappa credits. While each organization may have different chapter’s yearly dues tend to be slightly higher than Alpha Psi in spring 2012. requirements, these are the ones set by the university active chapters on campuses. While each member of After becoming new members, both McCoy and that all fraternities and sororities must abide by. Each the IFC and the NPC pay the same semesterly dues Edwards learned they had ties to the fraternity in their organization must also have a faculty advisor. Anyone as every other member in their organization, Kappa extended families. following these requirements is eligible to become a Alpha Psi’s dues vary by classification. Both graduate Organizations in the NPHC take new members new member of the NPHC. students, McCoy and Edwards, intend to join alumni differently than the IFC and the NPC. The IFC and NPC The NPHC meets weekly, just like the IFC and NPC. chapters after they finish their degrees. organizations hold multiple informational sessions The meetings take place at 7 p.m. in Carter Hall. McCoy, a graduate student studying clinical before the pledging process begins. Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Psi has two graduate students in its
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Psi holds one informational meeting in the fall and the spring, and depending on the potential new members, begins the interview process. The number of interviews depends on the intake process, and both the graduate advisor and the alumni chapter have a say in who goes through the fall line and the spring line. “I do wish there were more people interested [in NPHC organizations]. But at the end of the day, we don’t recruit. But if you are interested in Kappa Alpha Psi, that is something within you,” said McCoy. “I would never want to go out there and gain interest. I would like to put the work of Kappa Alpha Psi out there.” When NPHC puts through a new line, a probate ceremony is held for the new members. NPHC organizations, such as Kappa Alpha Psi, do not have big or little sisters or brothers, like the IFC and NPC organizations do. NPHC organizations also do not refer to the member intake process as pledging, because of its hazing regulations. Some NPHC sororoties and fraternities participate in stroll off and punch outs, which are synchronized movement dance-offs. Coby Detar, a senior in communication studies, is a part of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Delta Zeta. Delta Zeta is one of the NPC organizations. Delta Zeta requires a 2.8 GPA for each of its 38 active members. “During the pledging process, each new member spends time with sisters fostering new relationships while focusing on school work and learning the
GREEK COUNCILS BY THE NUMBERS Inter-Fraternity Council: Organized in 1910 75 fraternities 5,500 chapters National Pan-Hellenic Council: Organized in 1930 9 fraternities and sororities 6,461 chapters National Panhellenic Conference: Organized in 1902 26 sororities 5,250 chapters
history of Delta Zeta,” said Detar. “The new members receive big sisters to guide them to their initiation. The initiation is a shared ritual that we take in secrecy.” All Greek organizations do have both national and regional conferences, and the organizations try to attend them each year. “My letters mean to me exactly what I want to exemplify. I think that I exemplify good character, fidelity and a true sense of brotherhood,” said Edwards. “My sorority and my letters mean everything to me. It means a safe place for me to be, with people who are open-minded and welcoming. My sorority is now my family, and I couldn’t be more proud of the woman I have become because of my letters,” Detar said in an e-mail interview. Danielle Burns, a senior science major, is the only member of the Kappa Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. When Burns was initiated in spring 2013, there were six members. Despite being the only member on campus, Burns, the president of her sorority, meets with the graduate advisor for the Pittsburgh alumni chapter once a week, either through Skype, phone call, or attending one of alumni chapter meetings. “There is a lot of interest on campus. We are going to expand. It is not just going to be me forever,” said Burns. The graduate chapter deems when Cal U’s chapter can have another intake. There has not been one since Burns was initiated. A written application, reference letters, and evidence of community service are mandatory for the rush intake process. The entire process takes place over one day, versus organizations like Sigma Kappa or Theta Xi’s process which lasts for several weeks. If the Kappa Beta chapter does not have an intake in the spring, when Burns graduates, the chapter will not lose their charter. Another member who is deemed eligible by the graduate chapter can pick up the Alpha Kappa Alpha letters without having to go through the efforts of getting the sorority on campus. “I have known since I was fourteen because I was introduced to it. I wanted to emulate and I saw qualities in them that I felt like I needed to be a better women. I felt like Alpha Kappa Alpha best fit what I wanted to do,” said Burns. Burns said that she realizes that Greek life is not for everyone, and that different people want different things out of their college experiences. “A lot of people don’t understand the culture of Greek life. A lot of people think it is about the parties and having fun and strolling, but its not that. It is a business,” said Burns. “People don’t realize I sit in
conference calls for hours. I sit in meetings for hours. That’s the other hidden part of it.” While the IFC, NPC, and the NPHC often work together and have similar goals for their members, the councils and the procedures they follow are drastically different. “From what I have experienced here, and I don’t mean to throw shade at anyone, there are deeper roots and ties to tradition [in the NPHC]. Tradition in particular is a key, very pivotal, factor in every NPHC organization and something we hold very dear to,” said McCoy. As far as misconceptions go, McCoy said, “They get caught up in our historical and cultural roots of the NPHC and it manifests itself in ‘the NPHC does this or doesn’t do this because they are black.’ That is the most common and ignorant misconception. At the end of the day, the NPHC, if anything, tries to personify and extenuate unity in all realms.”
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Fitness Corner with Phil Tafone
Muscular imbalances and strength deficiencies As a graduate student in exercise science, this semester has reinforced a few themes within fitness training. One of them is muscular imbalances. While muscular imbalances and strength deficiencies are not a “sexy” topic and do not paint images of better fitting clothes, they are important in avoiding pain in the years to come. As college students, we are in the difficult position of starting a very sedentary tie in our lives – we sit, sleep, sit, lay, and sometimes drive or ride a commuter vehicle. Our muscles are beginning to turn to veal. If a pre-existing injury was never tended to from an earlier time in life, or even if one’s genetics are just designed to be strength heavy on one particular side, working out can further a condition, and in some ways make things work. Recently, I wrote about the Nautilus weight machines, encouraging their use and promoting them as a safe entrance into strength training. While all of this is true, they are flawed in that they working bilaterally – meaning both hands push or pull a bar at the same time. If one side of your body is not as strong as the other, the stronger side will work a bit harder and the weights will still be lifted. The problem is that you will never know, because the Nautilus machines will not reveal it. While it’s true that your preferred side (right handed or left handed) will be stronger, it should not produce more than two reps beyond the weaker hand. Three reps may be okay, but a greater difference reflects a strength imbalance. Fortunately, there are a few ways to find the most common issues. For one thing, take some time to attempt every upper body exercise with a dumbbell.
Choose a weight that enables 10-12 reps and count your reps. Now attempt the exercise on the other side. Rowing, overhead press, and chest pressing are my recommendations based on their popularity and simplicity. These performance based imbalances present a sort of “chicken-or- the egg” scenario that many experts still struggle to decipher. Is one limb out-performing the other due to injury, or did exercise occur too fast for the weak side to benefit from? If it’s the latter, aggressive exercise would likely lead to lead to an injury in the good limb or worse, excessive torque forces being placed on the body until a strain or occurs at the core. It is for this reason that single handed assessments should be done monthly. If a strength imbalance is shown, work to the capability of the weak side. It may be gratifying to know that you can lift “X” amount with your right hand, but that is of minimal importance if the left hand can’t do it too. By limiting what the strong hand does to the exact amount that the weak hand can do, your body will be able to play catch up, and develop strength safely, with even distribution. In the lower body it is important to not only look for differences in rep performance, but also if the knees move to the center during lunges or squats. If the knee is not tracking in line with the ankle and hip, there is likely a glute/hip weakness. This is a common deficiency in some people who have had high school athletic injuries and an even greater number of working people or students, who do not get enough exercise due to lifestyle. Hip abduction exercises typically strengthen the area of the buttock that is
lacking strength when one seeks to correct inward knees. Abduction is when the leg moves away from the body. Think of the exercise called “hydrant raises” – on all fours, one lifts their bent leg outward to resemble a dog peeing on a fire hydrant. I am big on giving clients mental imagery to consider when performing certain exercises, namely lunges and squats. In the squat, I instruct clients to think about putting their tail bone back to the wall behind them. Most people think about squatting as an up and down pattern and this causes them to bend the knees until they go forward beyond their toes and they run out of flexibility in their ankle. Try a squat in which your shin bone does not move. For practice purposes, find a mirror and see how far back you can put your rear end, without your shin shifting. It is challenging and you will quickly become aware of how you distribute your weight. Do it from a side view and head on. Remember that in the forward view, watch your knees for dipping toward the middle. It is important to find things like strength imbalances and postural deficiencies now because they can only lead to pain (via pinched nerves, joint damage, herniated vertebrae) if ignored. As always, I remind readers that this is a brief introduction to one of many concepts in exercise. I am happy to assist with assessments and/or provide a list of remedy exercises and stretches for whatever imbalance you may find. The allure of fitness is discovering your strengths and weaknesses, and manipulating your anatomy. Like life itself, the further you go, the more obstacles present themselves. Fortunately, like most things, all of these obstacles can be conquered with some good information, self-awareness, and desire.
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Student Government begins annual Toys for Tots toy drive BY ALEX TOLBERT
California University of Pennsylvania’s Student Government Association has started its yearly Toys For Tots toy drive once again this holiday season. The collection is an effort headed by the SGA, but is a collaboration between SGA, campus clubs and organizations, and the rest of the Cal U family. For the past four years, SGA has run a toy drive for the Toys For Tots program. The US Marine Corps Reserves started Toys For Tots over 60 years ago, the program is meant to collect donated toys to be given to children who are less fortunate around the holiday season. SGA first year president, Brendan Garay, hopes for a larger turnout from last years $2,000 collection. “This year we have been getting a lot more feedback and participation from clubs,” Garay said. “ We want the clubs to know that this is Cal U’s, not just student government’s.” Garay encourages all students and faculty to make donations to the cause. Monetary donations can be made through SGA and any unwrapped toys can be placed in any of the Toys For Tots bins. These bins are located in all six resident halls, Steele Hall, Gallagher
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Hall, Keystone Hall, and Natali Student Center. All of the gifts that are collected will be taken to 96.1’s Stuff-a-Bus toy drive on Dec. 4. This annual event headed by the morning show’s Mikey and Big Bob, stuffs school buses with toys that will all be donated to the Toys For Tots for the holiday season. Kelsey DeNardo, SGA secretary, is heading the new off campus effort for the Toys For Tots collection drive.
This year, there will be two canning drives. The first one will be on Nov. 22 at the Dry Tavern Giant Eagle and the second will be located at the intersection of Wood St. and 3rd St. “We are encouraging everyone in the Cal U community to donate,” DeNardo said. “We have sent letters out to local businesses in support of our efforts.” DeNardo also went on to say she is excited this year the Cal U fraternity Acacia will be donating all the toys and money they collect in there own drive to the Cal U effort. In the past, their toy drive was held after SGA’s and they would make their own donations. This year, all SGA senators have been encouraged to tell their family and friends about the toy drive. Garay said that he think Toys For Tots is a great way to paint a positive picture and future for Cal U. “Cal U’s drive can really benefit the school,” he said. “It is something we can all do together as a community.” Monetary donations will be collected until Dec. 2 and unwrapped toys will be accepted until Dec. 4. All money that is collected will be used to purchase toys to take to the Stuff-a-Bus event.
Say it with a smile: The wordless world of Emojis BY TAYLOR BROWN OPINION EDITOR
In the late 90s the world of texting changed when people began using abbreviations for words as phrases. I love you became shortened to ILY. Talk to you later became shortened to TTYL. I miss you became IMY and the list goes on and on and on and includes things that will probably never been seen or heard from again. This kind of thing used to be the cool thing to do when AIM exited and you updated your away messages and ended them with ILYLAS (I love you like a sister), which is almost never said in actual conversation. Regardless, we stepped out of the 90s and into the millennium when AIM and ICQ eventually played their way out and people that used these texting terms became annoying and outdated. Somewhere in there is the capital and lower case fad when teenagers thought it was cool to TaLk LyKe DiS for entire MySpace about me pages (which thankfully went out of date too). Let’s all take a moment of silence to appreciate the death of that horrible form of communication.
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Then we move along to traditional emoticons, the smiley, the frowns, the hearts, the “meh” faces and again, the list goes on and on and on. These also became outdated and were replaced with a
vengeance late in 2012 when Emojis gave life to what were formerly known as emoticons. They were given actual expressions, detail, and color and instead of just faces came with a plethora of animals, food and hand gestures that made texting way more fun or at least a little interesting. Though it might seem like this is the next step in the world of communication, but really it’s just keeping us in touch with our prehistoric roots. Yes, I mean cave painting. Think about it, maybe to some Emojis are used as a sort of punctuation to add color to a text, or to end a message in a more fun way but in a lot of cases young adults are having entire conversations strictly with the use of these images, without any words at all. With the fast paced world we live in, who is to blame them, isn’t a small graphic and one click easier than typing out I am in an a fantastic mood? Or I am ridiculously angry or I can’t stop crying? As always, we find easier and more convenient ways to do things that are already intended to make our life more convenient.. Why don’t you show the world or your friends how you really feel?
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Think before you click
Social media posts cast a big shadow on your reputation BY STETSON PROVANCE NEWS EDITOR
Did you ever look at someone’s social media page and think to yourself: with all the stuff posted here, why in the world do they leave their profile public? Of course you have. We all have that one friend on Facebook who spews their hate and vitriol on every topic, whether it be immigration, gay marriage, or the Ferguson situation. We have all followed that one person who tweets whatever they want, irrespective of how crude or obscene it is. For whatever reason, people think it’s OK to go on social media and reveal their ignorance. Even worse, now political groups and politicians are going on Twitter without considering the consequences. According to CNN, Republican organizations, most notably strategist Karl Rove’s American Crossroads group, used Twitter during the midterm elections in a way that seems to indicate they think the American people are ignorant. According
to the report, these organizations were using anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data with each other. According to campaign finance laws, groups can’t share information in an effort to coordinate and gain an unfair advantage. However, that didn’t stop them from doing it, on public profiles nonetheless! That’s right, the profiles were public. CNN found them the instant they got the tip. Even better, within ten minutes of CNN contacting the organizations, the Twitter accounts were all deleted. How pointless was that? And, that’s the point. This shouldn’t be news to anyone, but a social media profile is a ticking time bomb. Everyone, from employers to people someone meets for the first time, can and will check social media in an attempt to learn more about a person. The last thing you, I, or anyone else should want would be to scare an employer or a cute member of the opposite sex off because of something posted on
social media. It just isn’t worth it. In fact, just to be safe, it might not be the worst idea for everyone to take a couple minutes over break and carouse their profiles for things they could afford to delete. Personally, I know once I graduate and move into the professional realm, I will 100 percent make new social media profiles. Not necessarily because I ever say anything that controversial on my Facebook or Twitter. Not because I have any pictures that cast me in a bad light (my profile pic is still my graduation picture from high school, and I’m a senior in college). I will delete and remake my profiles because I will be entering a new phase in my life. A phase that predicates itself on being mature. And, no matter how cool we were in high school or college, it would be naïve to think we were completely mature. It’s awesome to have a lot of followers on social media. But, no matter how proud anyone is of their profile, it isn’t worth losing a nice paycheck over.
Celebrities celebrated for mundane acts of normalcy BY CLAUDIA PEHOWIC
According to Bing.com News, last week, Kim Kardashian ordered Chinese food. On the same day, MTV analyzed Snooki’s outfit for her baby daughter. Lindsey Lohan checked into a clinic. Why were these happenings not reported in The Cal Times? Why were they missing from our local news sources? Contrary to their title, celebrity news stories are not actually news. As people go about their daily lives, they frequent the same style of restaurants, appointments and tasks that cause their celebrity counterparts to be bombarded by the paparazzi. The himportance of celebrities’ daily life events pales in comparison to that of the outstanding actions by members of our own community. Fundraising movements, informational campaigns, and volunteer movements are being increasingly overshadowed by mundane aspects of the lives of the Kardashians. As the style of news changes, society adjusts accordingly. People who are informed by celebritybased news sources are more alert to Snooki’s daughter’s outfit than they are to local animal shelters, food banks, and donation drives that need their help.
Celebritity news not only puts a ridiculous and undue amount of pressure on those in the spotlight of fame, but also causes society’s focus to shift away from its own center. World news and national news play their part in society; they help readers, watchers, and listeners become informed of the world around them. These forms of public information help to strengthen democracy: Citizens know who to vote for when they are informed about national and global issues and their key players. This information has a chance of affecting their everyday lives. However, when media plays to the baser nature of human beings, they are likely to choose to read about the lifestyles of the rich and famous rather than the ongoing struggle in Sudan. As a child, my mother always told me that when two children spent time together, whoever had the worst idea always got their way. As I grew up, this proved to be true. If one child wants to work on homework while the other wants to eat pizza in front of the television, it’s difficult for the scholarly child to say no.
Unfortunately, this same phenomenon now dictates the media. Although a select amount of people are interested in legitimate news stories, more people with less than credible ideas for news stories seem to be making the headlines. When a headline about a celebrity is faced against a headline about starving children overseas, the happier, dreamier celebrity headline is likely to be read, promoted on social media, and discussed among social groups. In order to reform into a nation of fact-hungry and truly news-hungry individuals, Americans need to pay more attention to the crucial function of the news, protecting democracy. By using news sources as a medium to promote education, the general public will become better at strategic decision-making. This will make them better adapt to choose the people that they want to serve them in office at the federal, local, and state levels. People can pull together and make a change for the world they live in and the country they represent, if they can simply pull their eyes away from pictures of Kim Kardashian.
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Friend, Hall receive USTFCCCA all-region honors BY SPORTS INFORMATION
Sophomore Julie Friend (Markleysburg, Pa./Uniontown) and senior Allison Hall (Jackson, Pa./Blue Ridge) both recently earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) all-region laurels. Friend and Hall helped the Vulcans finish in fifth place at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships last month, marking the program’s best finish at the event. Friend also qualified as an individual for the NCAA National Championships on Saturday, Dec. 6, in
Louisville, Kentucky. Friend finished seventh overall at the regional championships with a time of 22 minutes, 51.8 seconds. She joined teammate Alex Zanella (2013) as the only women’s cross country runners to qualify for the NCAA National Championships since the program has competed at the NCAA Division II level. Friend has now received USTFCCCA all-region status three times in her college career (once cross country, twice track & field).
Hall placed 15th overall at the regional event, finishing with a time of 23:12.3 in her last collegiate race. She competed at the regional championships during each of her four seasons with the program and received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors in each of the last three years. The USTFCCCA recognized the top-25 finishers from each of the eight regional sites from across the country.
Sapp named Freshman of the Week BY SPORTS INFORMATION
After scoring in double-digits in both victories last week, California University of Pennsylvania guard Daniel Sapp (Streetsboro, Ohio/Streetsboro) was tabbed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Freshman of the Week on Monday afternoon. Sapp averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game off the bench last week in victories against Penn State-Greater Allegheny and Urbana. He made a combined 7-of-16 attempts from the floor and six-of-seven from the free-throw line after totaling only one point through the opening five games of his career.
A native of Ohio, Sapp scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and added four rebounds and two assists while playing 19 minutes on Monday in a 108-70 win over Penn State-Greater Allegheny. He then totaled 10 points, five rebounds and two steals while matching his season high of 19 minutes in an 86-80 victory at Urbana on Wednesday. Sapp has appeared in all seven games off the bench this season and is averaging 12.0 minutes over his last five games.
Freshman Daniel Sapp was awarded the PSAC Freshman of the Week award for the first time in his collegiate career
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No. 22 Vulcans cruise in win over Shepherd, 91-57 BY SPORTS INFORMATION
Sophomore guard Miki Glenn (Bridgeport, W.Va./ Bridgeport) recorded her second double-double of the season on Monday night, as the No. 22 Vulcans earned a 91-57 in-region victory at Shepherd in nonconference play. With the win, the California University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team improves to 5-1 overall. Meanwhile, Shepherd falls to 4-2 this season and has now lost back-to-back games against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West opponents. Glenn scored a game-high 22 points (19 second half ) after shooting 5-of-12 from the floor and 11-of-12 from the free-throw line. She also collected 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals in the victory. Glenn has averaged 18.4 points over the last five games after being held to single-digits in the season-opener. Senior Emma Mahady (Albury, Australia/Xavier) finished with 20 points on 8-of-16 attempts and tallied eight rebounds, two assists and two steals. Junior Lana Doran (Northamptonshire, England/Barking Abbey)
added 15 points, seven rebounds (four offensive), five assists and three steals while playing all 40 minutes. Senior Kaitlynn Fratz (Accident, Md./Northern Garrett) scored a season-high 13 points and added three rebounds and three assists. Cal U scored the initial 10 points of the game and jumped out to a 23-4 lead with 13:00 left in the first half after making 10 of its first 16 shots. The Rams countered with a 12-4 run over six-plus minutes to trim the deficit to 27-16 with 6:24 remaining before the break. Cal U later posted an 8-4 rally in the closing minutes before taking a 45-29 lead at halftime. The Vulcans opened the second half with an 11-4 run to take a 56-33 lead after a traditional three-point play by Glenn with 16:49 left to play. Cal U later scored seven of nine points before Shepherd mounted a 13-2 rally to work the deficit down to 68-53 at the 8:44mark. The Vulcans then sealed the victory with a 16-2 run over five-plus minutes to take an 84-55 lead on a layup by junior Brittany Nelson (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) with 3:27 remaining in the game.
Cal U later scored the final seven points of the game, as Shepherd was held without a field goal for the last 7:50 of the contest. Cal U finished the game shooting 46.5 percent (33-of71) from the floor and converted 84.6 percent (22-of26) from the free-throw line. In comparison, Shepherd shot at a 36.1 percent clip (22-of-61) from the field and made 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the charity stripe. The Vulcans held a sizable 47-29 rebounding advantage and scored 18 second-chance points. Cal U also totaled 27 points off turnovers after forcing Shepherd into a season-high 20 turnovers. Freshman guard Morgan Arden led the Rams with 20 points and nine rebounds while playing only 15 minutes off the bench. Senior Alex Weakland and redshirt sophomore Cara Mason both finished with nine points and Mason also added six assists. The Lady Vulcans return to action tomorrow as they travel to take on Clarion University on the road.
Dinzeo named USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year BY SPORTS INFORMATION
California University of Pennsylvania senior Aaron Dinzeo (Sidney, Ohio/Sidney) was recently named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year. In addition, Dinzeo and fellow senior Abel Robinault (Garland, Pa./Youngsville) earned USTFCCCA all-region laurels. Both runners qualified as individuals for the NCAA National Championships on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Louisville, Kentucky. Dinzeo captured the individual title at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships last month for the first time in his career. He won the event by four-hundredths of a second after crossing the finish line with a time of 31 minutes, 49.8 seconds. Dinzeo has earned the individual crown in five of six races this season after earning All-America status for the second time in his cross country career in 2013. The 5-foot-10 senior has now received USTFCCCA all-region status three times in cross country and eight times in track & field
during his collegiate career. Robinault earned the final individual qualifier for the NCAA National Championships by two-plus seconds last month. He posted a time of 32:53.0 to place 10th overall at the regional championships after finishing in 30th place last season. Robinault, who has finished second on the team in all six races this year, garnered all-region laurels for the first time in his career. The USTFCCCA recognized the top-25 finishers from each of the eight regional sites from across the country.
Senior Aaron Dinzeo captured his first career individual title at last months NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships PHOTO CREDIT: SPORTS INFO
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Former Cal U safety Dewey McDonald has played in eight games this season for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League PHOTO CREDIT: SPORTS INFO
Former Vulcans Safety finding success at NFL Level BY MATT HAGY Staff Writer
For any Division II football player, the odds of making the NFL are a long shot. With all the focus being on Division I athletes, it makes the challenge even greater for these DII players to make a roster spot by being judged on quality of play against lower quality players and schools as viewed by most NFL scouts. Cal U has been one of the more successful DII schools in seeing their players make NFL rosters over the years. Whether it would be just a short stint on the team or an integral part on the roster, the Vulcans have made a stamp on the NFL. Former Vulcans like Terrance Johnson, Tommie Campbell, Josh Portis, Eric Kush, and Rontez Miles have all seen significant roster time and even had the chance to make an impact that changed the course of some games played. Most of those aforementioned players are no longer on NFL rosters but one new former Vulcan has been creating a name for himself in the 2014 season. Dewey McDonald, who recently graduated from Cal U in 2014, made the Indianapolis Colts practice squad on the final day of the 2014 NFL draft as an undrafted free agent. Through hard work and training, McDonald was able to make it through preseason as a part on the Colts roster going into the 2014 season. “If you would have asked me if Dewey McDonald
would be playing for the Colts three or four years ago, I’d say well it is a tough league but he truly exceeded everyone’s expectations,” said Vulcans defensive coordinator Mike Lopez. “Sometimes you have to do so many different things or execute this but I am really proud of him that he has made the Colts active roster.” McDonald began his collegiate career at Fairmont State University in West Virginia where he played three seasons, all of which were under the guidance of Lopez. “He was awesome at Fairmont, truly the big man on campus,” Lopez said. “He was an All-American on the field and also an academic All-American dating back to his freshman year. He was the face of our program back in Fairmont and I am proud that we recruited him.” After terrorizing the WVIAC, McDonald transferred to Cal and played one season as a Vulcan in 2013. McDonald led the Vulcans with 89 tackles and had 3 interceptions, all of which were returned for touchdowns making him the first PSAC player to accomplish the feat. McDonald made the Don Hansen and Daktronics first-team all-region, all-PSAC West first team, and also was a D2football.com All-American honorable mention. As for his time on the Colts this season, McDonald was cut from the active roster before the season started but was assigned to the Colts practice squad as the season began. McDonald got his opportunity in late
September as he was signed to the Colts active roster after starting safety LaRon Landry was suspended for performance-enhancing drugs. Used mostly on special teams, McDonald has compiled eight total tackles in his eight games played this season. McDonald made his spark on a nationally televised game a few weeks ago against the New England Patriots on special teams when he made an exceptional tackle on Patriots return man Danny Amendola, pinning the Patriots inside their own 5-yard line. The play caught the attention of legendary NBC play-by play man Al Michaels, as he made reference to McDonald being from Cal U by saying “McDonald from California…..Pennsylvania that is.” The story of Dewey McDonald gives future Vulcan players hope that making the NFL is not as impossible as it may seem. This past season, the Vulcans had a relatively young secondary that has potential to produce the next former Vulcan defensive back to make it to the NFL. “We had a very young secondary right now in this program,” Lopez said. “Aaron Terry is a sophomore, Jordan Bowman is a sophomore, Chaz Veal is a junior but has been a role player throughout his career here. They are talented but young as you could see in a lot of the ball games but we wouldn’t trade them for anyone and I would love to see them have a shot like Dewey has right now at playing in the NFL.”
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Cal Times Athlete Spotlight Jade Arganbright
Class: Sophomore Major: Psychology Hometown: York, Pa High School: Central York High School
Before committing to swim for the California University of
Pennsylvania women’s swimming team, sophomore Jade Arganbright was a three time most valuable swimmer and conference champion while swimming for Central York High School. Arganbright was also a three time all star and holds six school records.
Arganbright has continued that success at the College level for the
Lady Vulcans swimming program. She was recently named PSAC CoSwimmer of the week for the first time in her collegiate career, following a record setting weekend from November 21-23 at the Pittsburgh Invitational. Arganbright broke the school record in the 200 IM and set three NCAA Championship ‘B’ times, which were all personal records.